a SQL Alias is created on your WFE or Apps server, the dba won't see how you connect to the database. I also suggest you use alias for db connections. Looking at the error message it complains that dbserver value is not a string - if you put your value
in quotation marks it should run: "EMPDCSERVER\EMPSPP,14331"

a SQL Alias is created on your WFE or Apps server, the dba won't see how you connect to the database. I also suggest you use alias for db connections. Looking at the error message it complains that dbserver value is not a string - if you put your
value in quotation marks it should run: "EMPDCSERVER\EMPSPP,14331" larbre

As you mentioned that if we put the vaue in quot, do you wanna say when we enter the value SPAuto installer GUI? or in xml file if it is xml file the value is already in quot..
Can you please more clear for me.